Moroccan Princess Reportedly Launching High-End Private School in Rabat

Ledesk immediately gives this information that should still be taken with a grain of salt: "The princess, daughter of Lalla Meryem and Fouad Filali, is building the Jacques Chirac School Group in the heart of an upscale neighborhood of the capital. A high-end private educational project that should open its doors next school year in partnership with the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE)." But in any case, what about this group then?

It is a school group that advocates excellence, an excellence that has become almost mandatory in education if we are to believe the statements of the head of the establishment, Yves Martel, posted on the group’s website, which even mention certain very specific necessities (yes! Necessities!): "As parents, we know well that the choice of a good school has become crucial to prepare today’s children to understand and build the world of tomorrow and to thrive in it. At a time when digital technology is erasing borders and strengthening globalization, they must be able to communicate in several languages and acquire high-level "know-how"."

Note that the verb must has been used: They must be able to communicate in several languages and must acquire high-level know-how. So goes the world... All that remains is to hope that public education (one day...) will follow and adapt to these imperatives that have just been stated.

The private sector, or the "paying" sector (there is a flock of statuses of paying educational institutions), is already tackling this. In a press release, the group declares that it offers, on 14,000 m2, "a vast educational space that revolves around the following values: innovation, accessibility, adaptability, collaboration, sustainable development and inclusion".

And these are not empty words, the hand has been put to the dough and the details have been refined. According to the same press release, the group (whose opening is scheduled for September) benefits "from state-of-the-art equipment, the site has a 3C (Knowledge and Communication Center) space, a 250-seat auditorium, a catering area, a covered multi-sports hall, outdoor sports facilities, scientific and technological laboratories as well as spaces dedicated to languages, arts and various extracurricular activities".

The future students of this group will apparently be in good hands! As Yves Martel says, choosing the Jacques Chirac school group is offering the child "an exciting path of openness to the world and success in a constantly evolving society".

In a constantly evolving society, should public national education be inspired by this zeal? A rhetorical question, of course.